Water-filter.



V. B. HAGG.

WATER FILTER.

AlPLIoATIoN FILED MAR-26, 1910.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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y WATER-FILTER.

-S'Jpecication of Letters Patent. Patentedv Aug, 23, 1910,

Application led March 26,1910. Serial No. 551,787.

before the water comes incontact with the filtering medium 4thereby preventing the filterin medium from clogging up with impurities, which would-soon render the medium unt for use.

A further object of the invention is to cause the water to filter upward at the iinal filtering process,'for the reason that the water in filtering slowly upward will leave behind small particles of filtering medium that will spontaneously settle b gravity, that would otherwise be carried into the filtered water reservoir as in the case with the 'class of 4filters using downward' filtration and granulated filtering mediums, such as charcoal, quartz, silica etc.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, and referring thereto:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the filter'.4

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the vline a02- m2 Fig. 1.

The lter comprises a receptacle or container 1 for the water to be filtered, a receiver 2 for the ltered Water, and a' lter member 3 inserted between the members 1 and 2, said filter member 3 having an outwardly extending flange 4 resting on top of the member 2 and serving as a support for the bottom ofthe member 1.

The water receptacle 1 may be of cylindrical form and of suitable material such as glazed earthenware and provided with a removableicover 5 to enable the same to be filled, said cover having a vent 6 -in its top.

The receptacle 1 may be further provided.

with handles 7 The bottom of the recepta cle 1 is formed with an annular depending flange 8 near its outer edge, and with opposite perforations 8 through said ang, said bottom extending upw'ar ly solas to be con Vex on1 top and concave beneath, the convex .within the inner dome. dome 10 is packed with loose fibrous mate' elevated portion at the center of the bottom being provided with a depression or bowl 10 in the form of an inverted dome. At the center of this bowl there is provided anupwardly extending bottom portion in the form of a smaller dome .11 provided with A ducts 12 in the walls thereof, said ducts extending inwardly and upwardly from the annular channel 13 between the inner and outer domes and opening intolthe space Said bowl or outer rial indicated at 15. and is provided with a shoulder 14 on which rests a stack of sheets 15 of asbestos or other suitableporous material and a removable sediment diverting member 17 is provided in the form of a hol low cone having peripheral flange portions.

18 resting and fitting on the convex elevation 9 and a depending flange 20 fitting within the upper part of the bowl 10. Said cone 17l is provided with a central handle 22 formed as aknob having eaves 25 and provided with a recess 23 extendin upwardly from the bottom of said cone an communieating with the inner endsof ducts 24 extending outwardly and downwardly to com.

municate with theainterior of the Water receptacle 1.

The filter member 3 is formed as an in! verted frustdconical member, with its upper portion fitting around the depending flange 8 on the water receptacle .and provided wth a shoulder 26 near its top for support of a filter cup 27, comprising a horizontal flange portion 28 resting 4on said shoulder, an upwardly extending cylindricalflange portion 29 partially surrounding 'the bowl 10 Aand an inverted cone or funnel portion 30 extending down` within the hollow member 3, said conical portion 30 being provided with upwardly and downwardly extending perforations 32, and the horizontal flange portion 28 being provided witl'.` perf'orations 33. The top of flange v29 surrounds the bowl 10 of the tank 1. Mineral wool, indicated at 34 is placed in the lower partof the conical portlon 3() and a filter medium, consisting, for example, of bone carbon and silica may be placed thereon, as

indicated at 35.V The outerfilter member 3 is' provided with a layer of quartz, indicatedat 36 to and above the level of the perforations 32, charcoal, indicated at 37, being placed thereon, with a top layer of quartz,

'l at3v8..l i..-Reoeptacle and the retainer 3 lfonthfiltering medium areround- -ed at allthe corners or Junctions of the faces,

v L The receiver 2 forl the liltered water as indicated at42,to'preven't dirt from stickfing in such places and enabling. the parts to be readily washed' clean.` l

may

' consist ofthe usual porous ware and maybe f provided with 'a drawol' faucet40. v10. agitation of the .unfilteredV water' has 'ceased,

"Afterithetank- 1l hasbeen lled-and al1 A the suspendedmattergraduallysettles upon l' A the removable cone 17 and the bottom of the- I tank l1,'and the Clearwater passes .upwardly through? the' ducts 24 into the recess 23 in the' said cone: member .andint'o' the space above theiilteringmedium 15. The proJectmgeaves y ,25f`prevent the upwardly extending discharge `ductf24 from clogging up with Sdment a's well as serying tovform the knob'or handle 22 for the removal of the cone member 17.,`

Y yThe water ltersfslowly through the lterin'gniaterial '15,', slow How of the water preventing any suction of suspended matterthr'ough'the upwardly exten ingdischarge ducts 24. This slow flow of the water 1s diie to the retardation of the water vby reasonofjthe interpo'sition of the filtering mediumbetween the inlet ducts and the outlet ofthe inclosing means for the filtering me- *.diumf'said inclosing means consisting of l' the bowl 10 and -the member 17. The 1nlet d uct's24L ma'y,therefor 'e, be made-ofl conysiderabledimensions so that they' are not y:liable to be clogged by the sediment, con-- striction by 'said ducts not being depended upon for retardationo the'low of l1qu1d, such lretardation being effected by the -ilterf ln'gfme'dium.'; After the water has passed through the liltering material 15 it gradually rises through the second series of upwardly discharging ducts 12 located m. thejlnner I' ydo1nel1,the purpose ofsaid dome`being to l distributngbase ,12 intolthe 'ooneshaped yinverted filter cup 3.0, where chemical action takes place relieving the water of injuriousl gasesl and impurities, andthe watery then passes out from said iltercup through ythe series of holes 32 which allow the lwater to escape. and spread out where lit is"further purilied in its upward course through the filtering material 37 .which-is retained by the` member 3, the water passing upwardly wao through `openings 33 and then .through dis- `charge ducts/1l near the ,top ofk sai -`member. It will be understood by referlter ence to F ig.f1 that the weight of lwater fall'- that has escaped through the holes 32, to rise to its own levelthrough the filtering lmaterial 37 and to liow out through the. 'ducts dome into lthe filter cu el, as stated, drippingfroui the'outside or said lter -membe'rfS into the receiver or contailler 2for the filtered water. A

- The perforated ange -28 on the filter cup.`

Thepurpose of 'holes 8 i's to introduce oxygen which aerates with the water la's the water rops romthe bottom of the inner of oxygen is effected by t e two holes'S", one on-either side of the bottom rim of the tank -1', which produces a draft wherebyoxygen 1 is lintroduced intothe water Iand is carried Idown intothe carbon-where chemical aetyion;

takes place and deleterious gases and odors are consumed or removed by the Aaction of the oxygen, contained in the carbon, on the deleterious gases in contact therewith, the carbon operating in .well known manner, when in contact with thegases and air, to facilitate` oxidation of said gases and de-` odorization of the water. This oxygen supplied as aboveV described has a, tendency to prolong `the chemical action of the carbon, as the action of carbon vdepends on the oxygen held within its pores'.

' WhatI claim is: f y

1. In a water filter, a water receptacle having a bowl-shaped'portion in Aits bottom, anda removable` conermember fitting over said bowl shapedportion andy provided with upwardly extending perforations communieating with the interior of the cone.- n

2. A water filter comprising. a water receptacle having a bottom portion formed with. a bowl, said bowlhaving'. upwardlyI extending discharge outlets, a'nd a remov- 'able cone member fitting on said bottom over 'said bowl and having'- an internal recess ,and provided withv ducts extending u wardly rom the outsideof the cone into sai recess, and 'lte'ring medium in said bowl between said ducts and' said outlets from the bowl.

3. A water filter comprising a water receptacle havingV a bottom portion formed -with a bowl, said bowl having adome in its bottom provided with upwardly extend` ing discharge outlets, and aremovable cone member fitting .on said bottom` over said bowl and having an internal recess androvided with ducts extending upwardly rom the outside of the cone into saidv recess, and filtering medium lin said bowl between said ductsand said outletsfrom the bowl.

4. In a water filter, a retainer for filtering y v xmedium. having upwardly extending outlet -ing into the lter cup 30wi1l 'cause the water.

The circulationA ducts inthe upper portion. and'containing thereinto below said filtering medium therelower portion below said filtering medium;- in and provided with outlet ducts in its and filtering medium contained withlnsaid lower portion below said filtering medium.` Y filter cup.

5. In a water filter, a retainer for filtering In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 15 5 :medium having upwardly extending outlet Set my hand at Los Angeles, California,

ducts in the upper portion and containing this 21st day of March, 191() n filtering materia and a filter cup extending 'VIRGILB HAGG within said -retainer and provided wit-h'la` depending portion extending downwardly lIn-presene of- 10 thereinto below said filtering medium there- ARTHUR P. KNIGHT,

in t and provided with outlet ducts in its FRANK iA. GRAHAM. 

